Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

News March 19, 2018

The Rollomatic Group, Mundelein, Ill., appointed Joe Kane president of Strausak Inc., Mundelein, further filling out its global presence in providing solutions for precision tool grinding.

News March 15, 2018

Shop grinds out niche and soars beyond the competition

Many manufacturers in the aerospace industry depend on high-precision, complex specialized cutting tools and want them as quickly as possible. However, not all tool grinding shops can meet that challenge. Almar Tools Inc., Camas, Wash., is one that can. To succeed where others often fail, the shop takes a simple straight-forward three-prong approach that consists of efficient production practices and highly trained machinists paired with the latest in tool grinding machine technology.

Products March 14, 2018

Version 4.0 of NUMROTO Tool Grinding Software

NUM has launched a major new release of its NUMROTO tool grinding software. Offering numerous additional features and enhancements, Version 4.0 of the software is designed to increase the productivity of precision machine tools without the need for additional hardware.

News March 2, 2018

GWS Tool Group LLC acquires Alliance CNC Cutter Grinding Services Inc.

GWS Tool Group LLC, Tavares, Fla., the parent company of GW Schultz Tool and CGI Tool, acquired Alliance CNC Cutter Grinding Services Inc.

News February 26, 2018

GrindTec: Sharpening for mutual success

Shaping Success Together is Vollmer's motto at the international trade fair GrindTec 2018 in Augsburg, Germany. The specialist in grinding and eroding machines has further developed both technologies and services for its sharpening and machine tools in close communication with customers and partners.

Articles February 16, 2018 Alan Richter

View from Earth will do just fine, thank you

While placing a telescope outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere may seem like the best way to study the cosmos, CTE Editor Alan Richter holds a different view after the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Corp. reached out to explain how it's working with Boeing Research & Technology on an Earth-bound telescope that will minimize distortion from the atmosphere.

Videos February 12, 2018

Episode 87: Matching coolant velocity to wheel velocity

How do you know your coolant velocity? The Grinding Doc says the best — and perhaps most accurate — way to determine coolant exit velocity is with the Ol' Bucket & Stopwatch Technique. It'll take five minutes and tell you how close you are to wheel speed.

Articles February 9, 2018 Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Wheel tests on the fly

A shop writes to the Grinding Doc: There's lots of discussion at my company about the best diamond fluting wheel for grinding tungsten carbide. Is there a quick test to determine which wheel is best?

Products January 30, 2018

U-Grind Tool Grinding Machine

The updated U-Grind by Strausak AG, part of the Rollomatic group, offers an expanded 6-axis robot loader system as an option.

News January 18, 2018

XING dressing technique inside the machine

If you want to produce high-precision profile inserts, your tapered diamond grinding wheels need to be dressed on a regular basis. Haas opts for the profile accuracy of the XING dressing technique inside the machine.

Videos January 12, 2018

Episode 86: Cup wheel grinding wearing thin

For the 86th episode in the Grinding Doc video series from Cutting Tool Engineering, Dr. Jeffrey Badger encourages shops to true a taper in the wheel when they perform cup wheel grinding.

Products January 11, 2018

Dowell VHR-500/600 High-Precision, Multiple-Function Grinding Machine

GMSi Group Inc. offers the Dowell VHR-500/600 high-precision, multiple-function grinding machine with a vertical and horizontal spindle. The vertical Y-axis spindle uses a pneumatic counterweight to reduce ballscrew and servomotor loading and make movement smoother and extend machine life. The horizontal spindle uses six ball bearings for heavy grinding.

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